What was the official mascot of the 2012 London Paralympic Games?

Mandeville was the official mascot of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. The character was a metallic, one-eyed figure inspired by the shape of a camera lens and the movement of an athlete.

Mandeville was created as the Paralympic counterpart to Wenlock, the mascot of the 2012 Olympic Games. Both characters were designed around drops of steel from the construction of the Olympic Stadium, linking them to London’s industrial and sporting heritage.

The name Mandeville referred to Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the birthplace of the modern Paralympic movement. The Stoke Mandeville Games, founded for injured war veterans, developed into the international Paralympic Games. A common mix-up is to name Wenlock, but Wenlock represented the Olympics, while Mandeville represented the Paralympics.